Cabin for sweating by means of heat baths

ABSTRACT

A sweating cabin for obtaining heat baths and the like, the cabin including screens, a movable wall, locking elements, means for selectively supporting the members.

United States Patent 1 1 3,781,921

Rouat Jan. 1, 1974 [54] CABIN FOR SWEATING BY MEANS OF 2,858,547 11/1958Baumann 4/160 H BATES 2,846,692 8/1958 Baumann... 4/160 257,875 5/1882Lawson 4/164 Inventor: Plerrefle Dahem Rouat, Le Lichern, 3,648,299 31972 Durst 4/160 Quimperie, France [22] Flled: 1971 PrimaryExaminerHarvey C. Hornsby [21] Appl. No.: 202,883 AssistantExaminer-Stuart S. Levy Atr0rneySherman Levy [52] US. Cl 4/161, 4/164,34/91, 128/367, 128/374 [51 1 Int. Cl A6lh 33/06 [57] ABSTRACT Field ofSearch ..4/145 146,

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UNITED STATES PATENTS 96,940 Il/l869 McNeven 4/161 5 Claims, 7 DrawingFigures l I I PATENTEU JAN 1 9M SHEET 2 0F 2 A llorn e y CABIN FORSWEATING BY MEANS OF HEAT BATI-IS The present invention relates to acabin having multiple uses and more particularly intended to sweating bymeans of heat.

It is already known, to provide a turbo-blower apparatus capable to beapplied to various elements, for instance, for drying hair, linen, orfor producing a sufficient heat capable to create sweating.

The purpose of the present invention is to allow a rational use of thisturbo-blower in using a cabin arranged for taking either a heat bath ora shower.

To this end, the invention relates to a cabin for sweating by means ofheat baths, wherein said cabin is constituted by several screensdelimiting a surrounding wall inside of which a movable wall is placed.

According to a characteristic of the invention, the movable wall hasholes provided for both the passage through of the individuals head andshower taps.

A cabin according to the invention is shown, by way of non-limitativeexample, in the attached drawings wherein FIG. I is a perspective viewof a cabin permitting to have either a shower or a heat bath, a movablewall dividing the cabin so as to allow having either a shower or a heatbath,

FIG. 2 shows the cabin illustrated in FIG. 1 provided with a foldinghanger for linen drying,

FIG. 3 is a view of a cabin fitted on a bath, the turboblower beingarranged at the upper part of the cabin, and the whole being used fordrying linen,

FIG. 4 shows the heat supply inside a shower cabin,

FIG. 5 shows a turbo-blower arranged on a folding wall likely to befitted on a bath, the heat supply through the turbo-blower beingdepicted with dotted lines,

FIG. 6 is a diagrammatical cross-section view of the wall capable to beadapted on the bath through means permitting to direct the heat providedby the turboblower,

FIG. 7 shows a mode of embodiment of the turboblower fixing onto one ofthe cabin screens,

As shown in FIG. 1, the invention relates to the embodiment of a cabinfrom anti-splashing screens made, for instance, of glass or plasticmaterial, said screens being fitted together so as to form, either ashower cabin or an independent cabin adaptable to a bath-tub; anon-limitative exampleis shown in FIG. 1. In this Figure the cabincomprises four screens 1 as shown in the accompanying figures as l, l land 1.. respectively, on one of said screens a shower 2 has been fitted.

On the screen 1 means are provided for fixing a wall 3, adapted todivide the cabin, hooks 4 are integral with said wall and are fitted onsupports 5 integral with the screen 1 The hooks 4 provide holding meansfor certain of the parts. Identical supports 4, are provided at theupper part of the screen 1 so as to permit the wall 3 to be moved overand to bring it to obturate the upper part of the cabin. Those hooksco-operating with supports 5 allow a rotation of the wall 3.

In one corner of the cabin a movable seat 5 is wall 3 which then restson the upper part of the seat and divides the cabin into two parts.

On the wall 3 a hole is provided to allow the user to pass his headoutside the space reserved for the heat bath.

Stops 10 are provided on one of the faces of the wall 3, said stopsapplying on the inner face of the screen 1 so as to maintain said wall.

Locking means 11 are provided on both the screen and wall so as thelatter can be clamped, in one motion only, in a vertical position whenthe user wishes to have a shower.

Locking elements 11 are constituted by a cylindrical handle 11,co-operating with an open clasp 11 inside which is located the handle 11said clasp reclosing on the handle.

On one of the screens, the from screen or door 1 an aperture 12 isprovided for fitting the apparatus producing the heat source.

According to the shower construction and in order to adapt the apparatusto showers which already exist, one or several screens may be removedand will then be replaced by the walls of the construction between whichthe low part of the shower is placed.

Deflectors 13 will be provided on the aperture 12 so as to permit theheat flow to be directed downwards or upwards.

FIG. 2 illustrates another use which may be carried out with the cabinshown in FIG. 1. In this embodiment the intermediary wall 3 is arrangedon the top of the cabin, so as to obturate the latter, an apparatus 14for spreading linen being arranged inside said cabin; thus, when closingthe front screen 1 acting as a door, the cabin becomes air-tight and canreceive a certain quantity of linen to be dried after the turbo-bloweris operated.

For maintaining the wall 3 at the upper part of the cabin, it isnecessary to provide additional support means, projecting inside theperiphery of the cabin delimited by screens, or to provide a small elbowat the upper part of screens, so as to precisely reduce said periphery.

FIG. 3 shows a mode of embodiment according to which the cabin isconstituted by an assembly of screens 1 which rest upon the edges of thebath-tub 15.

This example will be adapted, there again, either to the upper part ofthe cabin, made with screens 1, or to the surface of the bath-tub,according to its former intended purpose.

However, so as to permit'to direct the hot air proceeding from theturbo-blower, a swivelling shutter 16 will be provided on the lowersurface of the assembly (see FIG. 6), said shutter being actuated fromthe outside by the user in order to distribute the hot air to any partof his body, or, when the apparatus is used for drying linen, so as todirect the air downwards and thus secure a closed circuit inside thecabin.

FIG. 4 and 5 respectively show as regards FIG. 4, the distribution ofthe hot air inside the cabin illustrated in FIG. 1, after theturbo-blower be actuated; thanks to dotted lines P, which illustrate thedisplacement of the hot air, it is easy to understand the effectproduced, either on the linen, or the body of an individual wishing tohave a heat bath; as regards FIG. 5, the distribution of the hot airinside a bath-tub or a cabin in accordance with the one illustrated inFIG. 3.

The turbo-blower is fitted on a screen of the cabin and a suitable meansoflocking will temporarily be provided, such as for example the screwingof a disc 17 on the threading provided around a portion 18 of thecylindrical part of the turbo-blower 19, the lower part of theturbo-blower 19 having a greater diameter than the one of the aperturemade in the screen.

Screens made of glass or plastic material may advantageously replacetraditional layings, and it will be possible to place between the walland the screen, drawings or engravings so as to promote the usersrelaxation.

Of course, the invention is not limited to the example of embodimenthereabove described and presented, from which other modes and forms ofembodiment can be provied without departing thereby from the scope ofthe invention.

What is claimed is:

1. In a sweating unit for obtaining heat baths and the like, a pluralityof anti-splash screens fitted together to form an independent cabin, ashower mounted on one of said screens, a horizontally disposed movablewall mounted in said cabin, similar supports mounted in the upperportion of the cabin for selectively receiving said wall to permit thewall to selectively close the top of the cabin, a movable seat arrangedin one corner of the cabin, legs for supporting said seat, a tank belowsaid cabin receiving the lower ends of said legs, said seat including anadjustable plate, said wall adapted to selectively rest on said seat todivide the cabin into two parts, there being a hole in said wall, stopson said wall for maintaining said wall in its proper position, lockingelements for selectively holding said wall in vertical position, andmeans on one of said screens for attaching a heat source to the cabin.

2. The structure as defined in claim 1, and further including a foldingclothing hanger in said cabin for permitting use of the cabin as aclothes dryer.

3. The structure as defined in claim 1, and further including deflectorsarranged contiguous to the means for attaching the heat source to thecabin, and wherein the screens are adapted to be supported on a bathtub.

4. The structure as defined in claim 1, and further includiing swivellymounted shutters.

5. The structure as defined in claim 1, and further including turboblower means, and temporary locking means.

1. In a sweating unit for obtaining heat baths and the like, a pluralityof anti-splash screens fitted together to form an indepEndent cabin, ashower mounted on one of said screens, a horizontally disposed movablewall mounted in said cabin, similar supports mounted in the upperportion of the cabin for selectively receiving said wall to permit thewall to selectively close the top of the cabin, a movable seat arrangedin one corner of the cabin, legs for supporting said seat, a tank belowsaid cabin receiving the lower ends of said legs, said seat including anadjustable plate, said wall adapted to selectively rest on said seat todivide the cabin into two parts, there being a hole in said wall, stopson said wall for maintaining said wall in its proper position, lockingelements for selectively holding said wall in vertical position, andmeans on one of said screens for attaching a heat source to the cabin.2. The structure as defined in claim 1, and further including a foldingclothing hanger in said cabin for permitting use of the cabin as aclothes dryer.
 3. The structure as defined in claim 1, and furtherincluding deflectors arranged contiguous to the means for attaching theheat source to the cabin, and wherein the screens are adapted to besupported on a bath tub.
 4. The structure as defined in claim 1, andfurther including swivelly mounted shutters.
 5. The structure as definedin claim 1, and further including turbo blower means, and temporarylocking means.